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HBSC Ireland 2018 Health Symptoms

 ‌HEALTH BEHAVIOUR IN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN (HBSC) IRELAND

World Health Organization Collaborative Cross-National Study


Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) is a WHO collaborative cross-national study that monitors the health behaviours, health outcomes and social environments of school-aged children every four years. HBSC Ireland surveys school-going children aged 9-18 years. The study is conducted by the HBSC Ireland team, based at the Health Promotion Research Centre (HPRC), University of Galway.

HBSC Ireland 2018 Health symptoms

Children were asked ‘In the past 6 months: how often have you had the following…? Headache, Stomachache, Backache, Feeling low, Irritability or bad temper, Feeling nervous, Difficulties getting to sleep, Feeling dizzy’. The response options were:

  • About every day
  • More than once a week
  • About every week
  • About every month
  • Rarely or never

In the visualisation below:

  • The tab ‘All Symptoms’ compares the various symptoms by selecting the frequency from the drop down list on the right.
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